Mother’s Day is in 5 days', celebrated in 40 countries worldwide this celebrates the motherhood. First seen in Ancient Greece honouring Rhea the mother of the Gods. Through offerings of fine drinks, Flowers at dawn and honey cakes. Similar to the practices of Rome they had a God who was in the same role called Magna Mater translates to ‘Great Mother’. Dedicated a temple to her where they brought gifts plus on the festival of Hilaria every march. Next Mother’s Day was commemorated on the fourth Sunday every forty days coming up to easter ‘Mothering Sunday’. This appeared in the 1600s in the UK and other European countries was celebrated by servants being allowed to return home and spend time with their mothers also baking ‘mothering cake’. Significant as servants lived and worked away far from their families in homes of their wealthier employers. Other who worked away from home and were catholic returned to the main church in their home's vicinity their ‘Mother Church’. Next the ‘Mothering Sunday’ became more secular children would present their mothers with flowers showing=g their appreciation on them. Merged with the existing Americanized Mother's Day in the 1930-40s. Present day Mother's Day stems from the recognition of women's social action a peace movement. Anne Reves Jarvis, who came from West Virginia helped start ‘Mothers Friendship Day’ first to help local woman to properly take care of their children, then in the midst of a civil war to promote reconciliation. Later by her daughter was made an official holiday in the1900s.